Dungeon Defenders II News

Greetings, Defenders! A crisp Autumn chill can be felt flowing throughout Dragonfall, which can mean only one thing; the Harvest Moon Festival is nigh!

The Harvest Moon Festival is an in-game event spanning two weeks, featuring new limited-time pets and a new vendor; Farmer Tom! This event will end the morning of September 24th!

[h2]Farmer Tom[/h2]

Farmer Tom makes his grand debut in Dragonfall, bringing a bounty of fresh goods at unbeatable prices. He has a bit of a dilemma, however. His trusty scarecrow companion has gone missing during his travels, and he's desperately searching for it! Help Farmer Tom reunite with his beloved scarecrow with the aid of his power-granting produce!

[h2]Event Consumables[/h2]
Farmer Tom can be found in the Tavern and Town Hub selling Harvest Bags. These can be purchased once each day for 100 gold, and contain a variety of the following;

• Bruised Apple - Causes your face to pucker from its sour taste. Increases health by 25% and reduces damage taken by 35% from pure determination!
  
• Carrot Dash - Grants heroes the speed and agility of a rabbit! Gain 500 movement speed and a 15% chances to dodge attacks while active.
  
• Fruitimal - Upon consumption your basic attacks will fire a bouncing fruitimal. This produce projectile will explode upon contact with an enemy, dealing 750% hero damage as poison damage.
  
• Popcorn Burst - When defeated, enemies explode into a popcorn shower dealing 10% of their max health as AoE damage to surrounding enemies.
  
• Radish Rocket - Hero will periodically shoot radish rockets. These rapid roots home-in on enemies and explode, dealing 3000% ability power.
  
• Squash Smash - Heroes unleash a small shockwave whenever you land from a jump, dealing 100% of hero damage and slowing nearby enemies by 50%. "Oh my gourd!" - some goblin, probably.
  
• Whole Grain Guard - The hero is enveloped in a freshly baked, protective aura of whole grains. This grants 15% damage reduction and causes enemies that strike the hero to take 500% damage in return.

Some of these effects have been adjusted in the name of balance since our original Harvest Moon Festival announcement.

[h2]Scarecrow Pets[/h2]


Scarecrows scare crows, but they also make for great pets! Three scarecrow variants will be obtainable during this event;

• Scarecrow Ghost - The Scarecrow Ghost pet will be obtainable as a very rare drop from any rewards chest at the end of a game, regardless of Chaos level or map.
  
• Scarecrow - The Scarecrow will be available to purchase from the Emporium for 400 gems.
  
• Gold Scarecrow - The Gold Scarecrow will be available to purchase from the Black Market Dealer for 250 million gold.

All scarecrows share the ability; Call of Scarecrow.

• Ability: Call of Scarecrow – Fires a cursed apple that—upon impact—summons a scarecrow that confuses enemies. Enemies are confused for 10 seconds and take 25% increased damage.

[h2]Emporium[/h2]

• Harvest Witch Gunwitch Costume - The Harvest Witch (and her trusty raven companion) creep through the crimson light of the blood-red moon, collecting their bounties from unsuspecting members of the Old One's Army. The Harvest Witch costume is available to purchase from the Emporium for 1200 gems and will continue to be available after the conclusion of the Harvest Moon Festival.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed Chaos VIII Spiders spawning on Chaos VII maps.
  
• Fixed Altar Assassins wandering out of the map (they were just curious).
  
• Fixed blocking volumes on the Aquarion Throne Room not disabling on Onslaught.
  
• Fixed the 'Water Pool' weapon mod using hero damage as opposed to the intended ability power.
  
• Fixed a case where enemies would get stuck walking through the main hall on Aquarion Throne Room.
  
• Fixed 'Bling's Demise' daily incursion description (previously displayed Little Horn Valley as opposed to the intended Kobold Bling King).
  
• Fixed the Coral Staff not having the intended AoE effect.
  
• Fixed the 'Superconducter' shard not modifying the 'Call to Arms' ability resource cost.
  
• Fixed an issue where the 'Marked Targets' shard would cease functioning after retrying a wave.
  
• Fixed an issue where some pet ability descriptions would break when viewing the tooltip.
  
• Fixed some unintended spots where players could place defenses near the boss arena on Aquarion Throne Room.
  
• Fixed 'Chi Burn' 'and 'Chi Boost' shards displaying as usable for heroes other than the Initiate.
  

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[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed 'Rogue Wave' modifier description.
  
• The Aquarion Throne Room is now selectable in Onslaught.
  
• Fixed an issue where talisman would not drop on Aquarion Throne Room.

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• King Aquarian can now only take a maximum of 100 million damage per-hit.
  
• Increased 'Tidal Trifecta' damage from 25% to 80%.

Defenders! The Black Market Dealer–a merchant of deep pockets and dubious connections–has discovered a trove of forgotten stock!

Until August 21st select timed-exclusive flairs return to the Black Market Dealer alongside the new
Gold Abyss Lord Costume.


The full list of returning flairs is as follows;

• Fancy Golden Top Hat
  
• Golden Rustic Winter Hat
  
• Golden Skull Mask
  
• Golden Spooky Pumpkin Head
  
• Golden Wings
  
• Gold Shimmer

The Gold Abyss Lord Costume will remain available from the Black Market Dealer beyond the end of this event.

We hope this provides players who may've started playing after these items were initially available the opportunity to snag them once more. Bling out, Defenders!

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For Etheria!

Greetings, Defenders! Today, a new threat emerges from the depths of Aquanos, threatening the sanctity of the kingdom! Will Etheria's forces rise to the challenge, or sink into the depths? Let's dive into the details.

[h2]New Map - Aquarion Throne Room[/h2]


The mighty King Aquarion has fallen victim to the Old One's magic, twisting the once benevolent ruler of the ocean into a conquest-driven tyrant! Defend the Aquarion Throne Room from the Old One's Army's invasion and put an end to the Corrupted King's madness by whatever means necessary.
The Aquarion Throne Room is accessible from within The High Seas map pool.


[h2]New Boss - King Aquarion[/h2]
Successfully defend the Aquarion Throne Room and face the corrupt king himself! Defenders will need to be swift to dodge a torrent of aquatic attacks. Be wary, for King Aquanos possesses allies in deep places!


[h2]New Pet[/h2]

• Gray Shark Cat - Obtainable as a rare drop on Aquarion Throne Room.
  
  
  
  
  • Ability: Feeding Frenzy - Increases hero speed by 50% for 7 seconds. During this time attacks deal an additional 115% water hero damage.

[h2]New Weapons[/h2]
Aquarion armaments! These weapons are potential rewards from defeating King Aquarion;

• Coral Weapon Set - This includes an axe, bow, canister, dagger, rifle, arm, staff, sword, and tome.
  
• King Aquarion's Polearm

[h2]New Mods[/h2]
Weapons obtained from King Aquarion may possess unique mods;

• Rogue Wave - Primary attacks have an x% chance to spawn a rogue wave, dealing x% of your hero damage and knocking enemies back.
  
• Water Pool - Generates a pool of water around you that deals x% of your hero damage as water damage to nearby enemies every second.
  
• Tidal Trifecta - Every third primary attack increases the next attacks damage by x%.
  
• Drenched Power Chip - +x% damage to drenched enemies.
  
• Raging Rapids - +x% hero damage for each quarter of missing maximum health.

[h2]Defender Packs[/h2]

• Added Subzero Siren Legendary Aquarion Costume to Defender Pack drop pool.
  
• Added Harbinger of the Deep Legendary Aquarion Costume to Defender Pack drop pool.
  
• Added Jade Guardian Legendary Aquarion Costume to Defender Pack drop pool.

[h2]Black Market Dealer[/h2]

• Removed Gold Barbarian Costume from the Black Market Dealer.
  
• Added Gold Abyss Lord Costume to the Black Market Dealer.

[h2]Emporium[/h2]
New Bundles have been added to the Emporium, including;

• Summer Fairy Flair Bundle - 1500 gems. This bundle includes;
  
  
  
  
  • Flower Hat
    
  • Wood Fairy Mask
    
  • Woodland Fairy WIngs
    
  • Enchanted Root Aura
• Abyssal Warriors Costume Bundle - 2080 gems. This bundle includes;
  
  
  
  
  • Captain Boom Witch Gunwitch Costume
    
  • The Grim Corsair Barbarian Costume
    
  • EV2 Pirate Costume
    
• Super Hero Shard Bundle - 2250 gems. This bundle includes;
  
  
  
  
  • 5x 'Power Gambit' shards
    
  • 5x 'Mage Gambit' shards
    
  • 5x 'Sundering Blow' shards
    
  • 5x 'Hero Crit Chance' shards
    
• Super Defense Shard Bundle - 2250 gems. This bundle includes;
  
  
  
  
  • 5x 'Destruction' shards
    
  • 5x 'Defense Rate' shards
    
  • 5x 'Defense Range' shards
    
  • 5x 'Fortification' shards
• Dragonfall Bank Vault - 2880 gems. This bundle includes;
  
  
  
  
  • 18,000,000 Gold

[h2]Balance[/h2]

• Sharken are now affected by crowd control effects.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug where the Seadragon's ability; whirlpool, lasted for only 6 seconds as opposed to 10.
  
• Altar Assassins will no longer leave the map during the "Altar of the Athame" Incursion.
  
• Fixed an issue on "Buried Bastille', where players could soft-lock the map by retying the wave before the core destruction cinematic played.
  
• Initiate's Talisman of Empowerment now shows the correct icon when examining an effected tower.
  
• Implemented a potential fix for Crystal Mines crashing upon map restart.
  
• Fixed the Blessing of the Dragon shard being usable on any hero.
  
• Fixed the description for the daily mission; 'Gridlock's Demise Incursion'.
  
• Fixed the description for the daily mission; 'Spa Day'.
  
• Fixed the description for the daily mission; 'One with Chi'.
  
• Fixed a typo on the Generic Hero Shard container.
  
• Fixed a typo on the description of the Captain's Fury mod.
  
• Players should no longer be able to escape the playable area on Wild Westival.
  
• Fixed a bug where players were able attempt retrying the wave before the core destruction cinematic started, leaving them in an unresponsive state.
  
• Chi Boost ability now works as intended.
  
• The 'Evolve' button is now properly hidden once a pet is at max level.
  
• Fixed an issue where bosses could receive unintended knockback from certain effects.
  
• Fixed an issue regarding the Hunter's Cloak ability interrupting boss fights.
  
• Fixed various issues with ability targeting on bosses, most noticeably with the Barbarian and Dryad heroes.
  
• Fixed an issue where some pet operations would not trigger saves.
  
• Implemented a potential fix for a crash that occurred when restarting a mission on Crystal Mines.
  
• Fixed some see-through geometry on the Captain Boom Witch costume.
  

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]

• Removed Markets game mode from the Wartable.

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For Etheria!

Attention, defenders! It's getting a little toasty here at the studio, so we decided to beat the heat with a holiday-themed timed event for Dungeon Defenders II! During the last week of July, enjoy double Defender Pass experience, as well as the return of a (usually) holiday-excusive pet; the Snow Mage!


The Snow Mage will be obtainable as a rare drop from all victory chests for the duration of the event.

This event doesn't actually help us cool down at all, but it is a fun distraction. Have fun!

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